Montréal a new city for life - against the death penalty!

This was decided by the Municipal Council of the city, pledging to abolish the death penalty in the world

Motion tabled by the official opposition and adopted unanimously by City Council on August 18th

Whereas it was a Montrealer, Mr. Warren Allmand, who as solicitor general in 1976 submitted and helped pass a law abolishing the death penalty in Canada;

Whereas in 2013, 1,682 cities in 89 countries around the world participated in the International “Cities for Life” Day against the death penalty, including Rome, Brussels, Berlin, Mexico City, Vienna, Paris, Stockholm and Bogota;